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AN: Okay, so my last update was almost two and half years ago and that's inexcusable. Really… Truly. I could give lots of reasons why I haven't updated (one of them being I didn't want to end the story poorly, which I'm afraid even with all this time to think about it, will still happen), but instead of making excuses, I've decided to make it up to you guys (or whoever still reads mighty ducks fanfiction). I have already written the next three raw (i.e. need to be edited) chapters of this story (there will probably be three – four more after that). I will update this story on the first three chapters one – two weeks after one another and monthly after that (that's certainly the goal at least). My writing is a lil rusty, so if there are betas out there… find me!
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Everything else about that night was just a blur to Adam. He barely remembered running to Ms. Little and getting help, calling 911, getting on an ambulance and heading to the hospital. All he could think of was how pale Julie looked and how she collapsed in his arms. He leaned his head back against the hospital corridor wall and kept replaying the last hour in his mind. He couldn't believe it was just an hour. It felt like an eternity.
"Adam!" Charlie said as he and Connie rushed in ahead of the gang. Adam stood up to greet the two. His eyes were devoid of life.
"Where is she?!?" Charlie cried. "Is she okay?"
"I don't know… they're not telling me anything."
"When you last saw her, how was she? What did she do?"
"She was having an hard time breathing and just collapsed… I don't know… it happened so quickly," Adam cried, his eyes swelling as his relived the moment over and over in his mind.
Charlie pushed him. "How can you be so calm about this?" He grabbed Adam by the collar. Adam just didn't move. "What did you do to her?!?"
Fulton stopped Charlie from attacking Adam and made Charlie release him.
"Charlie, let him be. Different people have different ways of handling things." Charlie just walked away and punched the wall. Fulton went to go check up on him.
"Are you okay Adam?" Connie asked as she hugged him as a sign of comfort.
Adam responded with a pat on her hand, but no sound. He watched Charlie vent his frustration to Fulton quietly and everything revealed itself to him.
"You know, don't you?" Adam said as he slowly walked towards Charlie and Fulton.
"What are you talking about?"
"The eating, the fact that you hovered over her at the rink, her spontaneity… you knew what was wrong with her and you didn't tell me…"
"Adam…" Charlie started to slowly back away. "She didn't want you to know."
"You knew, and you didn't tell me… she didn't tell me," Charlie and Adam stood face to face with each other.
"Julie told me not to tell you Adam… I couldn't break my promise…" Charlie replied. He looked at Adam and Adam couldn't look him in the eye. Before Charlie could say anything else, Adam just turned away from Charlie and walked away from him.
"All these months…"
"What is wrong with her Charlie?" Connie asked.
"She has Cardiomyapathy," Fulton interrupted.
"You knew too?" Ken asked.
"I found out from Charlie yesterday."
"What is it?" Connie asked.
"Her heart has a hard time pumping blood because it's abnormally rigid. Her mom had it…" Charlie explained as he watched Adam's face for some kind of sign.
"Had it… as in…"
"She died from it."
Connie looked at Charlie wide-eyed, as did the rest of the group. They knew that Julie's mom was no longer around, but they didn't know how. They didn't want to admit it, but from what they just heard, they feared the worst.
Adam listened to their words and all he could think of is how betrayed he felt. Anger, sadness, but most of all, fear filled Adam to his core. He didn't know what to say or what to do. Fulton tried to say something, but Adam stopped him and backed away. He looked at Charlie and Fulton, his eyes overflowed with disappointment and he just walked away. Charlie, knowing that going to him would make things worse, eyes Connie, who gently touches his shoulder and runs off to find Adam.
Connie rushes out to find Adam sitting on the sidewalk of the hospital. He just stared blankly outside.
He looked so hurt. Connie thought as she sat beside him on the cold concrete sidewalk.
"I can't believe I've been lied to all these months… Why?"
"Adam... Julie is one of the most logical people I know. She must have thought that this was the best way to handle it."
"I should have known. I mean, I knew something was wrong all those months ago, but I didn't press her on the subject. I should have pressed on with the subject. How could I have been so blind?"
"I know you're feeling so many emotions right now, because I feel it too. Julie's my best friend and roommate and she didn't tell me. I'm angry, sad, frustrated and hurt and I have so many questions that I want to have answers to. But as of right now, Julie needs for us to just be at her side, to support her through whatever she may need to go through and to just let these feelings go. She needs you to be with her Adam. That's all…. I've seen you two together and I've never seen you two happier. If there is something wrong with her and something may happen then you both should be at the happiest you could be before she… before she…" Connie couldn't say the words, she shuck her head trying to not think about it, fighting back the tears. Adam held her close and comforted her as she let the tears roll down her cheeks, as he felt his eyes well up as well. They sat there and started to cry together.
After a couple of minutes of consoling each other, Ken came running out.
"You guys, the doctor is back."
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